- Date
- July 13, 1978
- Place
- Grand Canyon, AZ · GRAND CANYON, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6972TCessna 310
- Status
- Completed · report October 30, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780713027869A
- Case key
- 140820
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2644 78/7/13 GRAND CANYON,AZ CESSNA 310 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 575 TIME - 1430 N6972T PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 520 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRND CAN NAT PARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PHOENIX,AZ GRAND CANYON,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DWNWND ENGINES SURGING,FAILED TO MAKE RNWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6972T
- Reported as
- Cessna 310
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Grnd Can Nat Park
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.